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1 John Harold MANSSEN and Malvina Louisa GIBSON (Weblink MA John Harold Manssen & Malvina Louisa Gibson) (Weblink Percy s parents MA Charles Frederick Henry Manssen & Emma Elizabeth Marris) John Harold MANSSEN B 11 July 1876 Stoke Nelson D 10 July 1959 Hastings M 24 December 1902 Blenheim Malvina Louisa GIBSON B 21 November 1879 Blenheim D 06 October 1949 Hastings Children: 1. Esma Emma MANSSEN born 05 October 1906 Nelson died 17 May 1987 Hastings married 21 April 1930 Napier Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 2. Rona May MANSSEN born 29 March 1909 Nelson died 02 August 1980 Napier married 05 August 1930 Hastings Alexander Edward BRYAN The family history of John Harold MANSSEN and Malvina Louisa GIBSON John Harold MANSSEN was born 11 July 1876 Stoke Suburban South Nelson NZ. His parent s were Emma Elizabeth formerly MARRIS age 23 born Sheffield Yorks England and Charles Frederick MANSSEN age 29 born Nelson NZ occupation Labourer. His parents were married 03 June 1874 Wellington NZ. Charles Frederick MANSSEN Labourer of Stoke the father registered the birth on 15 August The registrar was Robert PICKETT. (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1876 folio 2295 Nelson district) William Ben MARTEN began his Waimea circuit Ministry and at Stoke baptised Edward son of George & Jane cert on 06 July The MANSSEN family John Harold born July baptised October 1876 (Reference Nelson Provincial Museum research facility Waimea circuit baptism register page 5) John was known to his family, as Jack, which was confusing when I began my research until I connected the two names as the same person. I will use John not Jack in this document. John first went to Hampden Street School where he passed standard I in He then attended Stoke School and passed standards II and III between 1886 and I have a photocopy of his New Zealand Education Department Standard Certificate lent to me by his granddaughter Melvina. Passed the First Standard - Oct 9 th 1884 At Hampden Street School in the Education District of Nelson Signed A M KAVAUAGL Passed the Second Standard -August 11 th 1886 At Stoke Public School in the Education District of Nelson Signed J B SADD Passed the Third Standard - July 31 st 1888 At Stoke Public School in the Education District of Nelson This is to certify that JOHN MANSSEN Passed Examination as under Passed the Fourth Standard At School in the Education District of Signed Passed the Fifth Standard At School in the Education District of Signed Passed the Sixth Standard At School in the Education District of

2 Signed John TAYLOR Signed John along with his younger brother Norman belonged to the Nelson Rifle Club. They where both part of the team that won the Irvine Shield on 30 th January John s total of 98 was the highest score for the day & 1902 Wairau Electoral Rolls John Harold MANSSEN North Bank, Wairau occupation as Farmer Apparently John went to live in the Blenheim area after the death of his older brother Carl. Malvina Louisa GIBSON was born on 21 November 1879 at Blenheim. NZ. Her parent s were Lizzie WAEVER and Thomas Lennox GIBSON. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1879 folio 3608 and new BDM ref 1879/ I know nothing about Lizzy WEAVER but the GIBSON family were early settlers of the Blenheim area. Thomas Lennox GIBSON s parents arrived in Nelson on the ship Fifeshire Wairau Electoral Rolls Malvina Louisa GIBSON spinster occupation Domestic duties Gibson-town Intention to marry 18 December 1902 Wairau district John Harold MANSSEN bachelor Labourer age 26 dwelled in Gibson Town 6 years and Malvina Louisa GIBSON spinster age 23 dwelled in Gibson Town 23 years intend to marry in Mr A W GIBSON house Gibson Town by Arch T S GRACE (Reference Archives NZ Wellington Intention to marry 1902 agency BDM series 20 item 55 page 32 line 49 Wairau) John Harold MANSSEN age 26 years bachelor occupation Labourer born Nelson NZ dwelling place Kaituna and Malvina Louisa GIBSON age 23 years spinster occupation Domestic duties birth place Blenheim dwelling place Kaituna married on the 24 th December They were married by Anglican minister Arch Thomas S GRACE at the residence of Mr A W GIBSON of Kaituna Marlborough NZ. John s parents were Emma Elizabeth MARRIS and Charles Frederick MANSSEN labourer. Malvina s parents were Lizzy WEAVER and Thomas Lennox GIBSON Farmer. The witnesses were Lewis FOSTER survey Hand of Blenheim, Elizabeth Grace GIBSON of Kaituna and Arthur GIBSON Farmer of Kaituna. Malvina s sister Elizabeth Grace GIBSON later married Lewis FOSTER. Arthur Gibson could have been a relative of Malvina. (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1902 folio 5459 line 69 Blenheim) 1905 & 1908 Wairau Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN North Bank, Wairau occupation Farmer John and Malvina had a daughter Esma Emma MANSSEN who was born 05 October 1906 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1906 folio 5133 new BDM ref 1906/ 1908 Nelson Supplementary Electoral Roll (note different addresses) John Harold MANSSEN Parere Street Nelson occupation Driver 2

3 Malvina Louisa MANSSEN Hardy Street occupation married John and Malvina had a daughter Rona May MANSSEN who was born 29 March 1909 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1909 folio 2499 new BDM ref 1909/ 1911 Nelson Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN 85 Hardy Street occupation Driver Malvina Louisa MANSSEN 85 Hardy Street occupation Driver 1914 Nelson Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN 63 St Vincent Street occupation Driver Malvina Louisa MANSSEN 63 St Vincent Street occupation Driver 1919 Nelson Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN 63 St Vincent Street occupation Driver Malvina Louisa MANSSEN New Street occupation Driver 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927 & 1928 Post Office directory Jno. H MANSSEN Painter 67 Tasman Street Nelson (Reference National Library of NZ & Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Post Office Directories) 1922, 1925 & 1928 Nelson Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN 67 Tasman Street occupation Painter/Decorator Malvina Louisa MANSSEN 67 Tasman Street occupation Driver A family story states that John s wife and daughters where so frightened by the Murchison earthquake that rocked Nelson that they wanted to leave nelson. They did leave Nelson only to arrived in the Hawkes Bay and be affected by the Napier earthquake & 1932 Post Office directory Jno. H MANSSEN Painter 75 Carlyle Street Napier (Reference National Library of NZ & Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Post Office Directories) 1931 Hawkes Bay Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN Stanley Street Hastings Decorator Malvina Louisa MANSSEN Stanley Street Hastings married The address Stanley Street Hastings was officially changed in 1935 to 500 Grove Street Hastings. This was the house that John and Malvina would share for the rest of their married lives. Their older daughter Esma married in 1930 and her family also lived with John and Malvina at 500 Grove Street. The younger daughter Rona also married in 1930 and her family lived in Napier. John ran a painting firm in the Hawkes Bay with his partner Jack Munroe. 1935, 1938, 1941 & 1943, Hawkes Bay and 1946 & 1949, Hastings Electoral Roll 3

4 John Harold MANSSEN 500 Grove Road occupation Decorator Malvina Louisa MANSSEN 500 Grove Road occupation married 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948 & 1949 Post Office Directories Jno. H MANSSEN Painter 500 Grove Road Hastings (Reference National Library of NZ & Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Post Office Directories) Malvina Louisa MANSSEN age 70 years died on 06 October 1949 in Hastings and was buried on the 8 th October at the Hastings Cemetery. Malvina and John had been married for 47 years. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1949 folio new BDM ref 1949/ 1951 & 1952 Post Office Directories Jno. H MANSSEN Painter 500 Grove Road Hastings (Reference National Library of NZ & Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Post Office Directories) After the death of his wife John continued living at 500 Grove Street Hastings along with his daughter Esma and her family. 1951, 1954 & 1957 Hastings Electoral Roll John Harold MANSSEN 500 Grove Road occupation Decorator John Harold MANSSEN age 82 years occupation Painter died on the 10 July 1959 at his home 500 Grove Road Hastings. Cause of death was cerebral Thrombosis 3 days, Arteriosclerosis and Hyphenation many years as certified by Dr J M TYLER who saw him last on 08 July His parents were recorded as Emma Elizabeth formerly MARRIS and Charles Frederick MANSSEN occupation Labourer. John was buried on 13 July 1959 at Hastings cemetery. The Church of England minister Rev R V MATTHEWS took the service. John was born Stoke and married age 25 years to Malvina Louisa GIBSON in Blenheim. His living issue were 2 females age 52 & 50 years old. The Funeral Director S T PERYER of Hastings registered the death on 16 July (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1959 folio 3440 page 200 Hastings district) John was buried next to his wife Malvina at the Hastings cemetery Hawkes Bay. Hawkes Bay Herald Tribute Limited Newspaper 11 July 1959 John Harold Manssen died on July 10, 1959 at 500 Grove Road, Hastings, said to be the residence of his daughter. The daughter s names were Mrs J L Sutton, Hastings and Mrs A E Bryan, Napier (Reference The Hawkes Bay Herald Tribute Limited Newspaper Hastings letter dated 08 February 1990) Hastings Cemetery burial register row 17 block P plot 340 Malvinia Louisa wife of John Harold MANSSEN died 06 October 1949 buried 08 October 1949 John Harold husband of above died 10 July 1959 buried 13 July 1959 Baby Helena (cherub) Helena Patricia RULE child 03 November 1969 (Reference National Library of NZ microfiche NZ cemetery transcripts) John s sporting spirit was passed down to many of his descendants. John H (Jack) MANSSEN 4

5 Some notes on his life by grandson Gordon Sutton One might say my grandfather s life was one of a series of upheavals, for I can well remember him telling me, when I was in my late teens how he and his family woke up in Nelson one morning to see the whole sky ablaze in a strange orange/red glow. Granddad was at that time just ten years old. The glow of course was the eruption of Mount Tarawera that was to go down in the history books of New Zealand as the most tragic upheaval since the arrival of the white man. At that time, he related, the family did not know for quite some time what the strange phenomenon was, as we must remember radio and telephone communications were almost non-existent on those days. Upheaval number two was the sudden move to the Kaituna and Blenheim district on the death of his brother, How long he stayed there I do not know, but he was there at least nine or ten years, working on threshing mills and farms. History books tell us jobs were scare, and he worked in that area until he married and sifted in Upheaval came again in his early married life when things went somewhat sour with his painting, paperhanging and decoration job with Messrs, Savidge & Sons in Nelson and he left their employment unexpectedly one morning just before lunch time. The saying is When one door closes another one opens. That proved to be correct in this case, for it was when on his way home from that unpleasant episode that he chanced to meet a prominent Nelson businessman. (Regrettably, although he told me who it was, I have never remembered the man s name). The gentleman remarked You appear to be going home early today Jack, what is wrong? We have had a dust-up at Savidges, Granddad replied. And so I have packed up my told and called it a day. What do you think you might do Jack? the gentleman asked. I don t know. Granddad said, but I am very tempted to think about starting out on my own account. Good, the other man said, You can start on my house tomorrow morning. From what I can gather he was a self-employed painter, paperhanger and decorator fro the rest of his working life. He apparently progressed very well for a few years in Nelson and then came another unexpected upheaval in the form of the Murchison-Nelson earthquake on 17 th June It was this event, I am told, that convinced my grandmother and her two daughters to leave Nelson Promptly. The decision to move was very much against Granddad s wishes. Nelson had been his hometown for the greater part of his life; he had a nice home in Tasman Street, a good one-man business and furthermore was a very successful and well-respected member of the Nelson and Districts Rifle Club. This sport was only a hobby, one that he told me he never really had as much time or fiancé to give to as he would have liked, but the records of which never less show us that he could more than hold his own with the best in the country. How many times he attended the New Zealand Rifle Shooting Championships at Trentham, either as a competitor or supporter-come-spectator, we shall probably never know. I do know he qualified for the Kings Fifty top shooter of the country for the final shoot off many times. I do believe it could have been as many as eight occasions. No small effort for an amateur rifleman of very limited resources in those days of hard times in a crippling Depression. Packing up an entire house lot and shifting from Nelson to Napier in the 1920 s (should be 1930 s) must have been difficult and not without certain amount of expense. However, Granddad seemed to take that in his stride and set up home and 5

6 worked there for a short time before buying a house and five acres of land in Hastings. The property in Stanley Street (or Grove Street as it became in the mid- 1930s) was to be his final home. At Stanley Street (Grove Road) in February 1931 another gigantic upheaval was the tragic Hawkes Bay earthquake. Granddads house suffered a little damage in that the brick chimney came down and the fireplace and some out-buildings were slightly damaged but the scary nature of the climate at the time was enough to force the family out of the house (Grandfather Grandmother, my parents and myself) to live in a lean-to garage and under canvas for some weeks after. The following years may have been as joyful for him as they could have been with the Great Depression in the 1930s, the big flood on Anzac Day 1938, which led to the whole sewerage system of his home having to be replaced, and a terrible war of during which time the Government commandeered all 303 rifles in the country. I can well remember Granddad being in tears when the authorities came to collect his two treasured competition rifles with the promise of returning them at the conclusion of the War. Of course they were never retuned. To part with the rifles that were his pride and had given him so much joy over many years, rifles with which he had competed with considerable distinction on more shooting ranges than we have fingers on our hands, must have made him swallow very hard, but then he had experienced so many set-backs and upheavals, he must have had the courage and strength to endure it all. Grandmother was stricken with an illness very early in the wars years that left her unable to walk for the last nine years of her life. It was another burden Granddad had to shoulder but never once did anyone hear him complain saw Granddad bereaved by the passing of a granddaughter who and lived with him for all of her 12 years. One would have been there to know his feelings in seeing one of his own family, a generation down granted but still a family member suffer the tragic effects of cancer. Just over three year later, bereavement struck again with the passing of his wife, my grandmother, after 57 years of marriage and companionship. About this time another upheaval was taking shape in the form of the Education Board taking Granddads land under the Public Works Act for a school Mayfair School now stands on the major part of what was his property. Retirement for him probable never brought the comforts that he deserved. He had been a widower for ten years. Through an accident with a horse as a young man he had severe hearing disability, which meant he could never listen to a radio or gramophone, nor talk to anyone on a telephone. He never had the finances or the company of anyone to travel with, to any degree, but he tried to enjoy the simple life that was his lot. He enjoyed a football match, a day at the races, a game of cards, particularly crib and 500, and was a keen spectator at the North Island Rifle Shooters Annual Meeting at Roy s Hill, near Hastings every Easter right up until the time of his passing. I know we all have regrets in our lives and one of mine is that I did not or was not able to do more for my Grandfather than I did during the time I lived with him. My wife and I are comfortable however, in memories we have of some of the trips we took him on, some of the little things we ere able to do for him, some of the things he 6

7 showed and taught us. One everlasting was the day when four of us went out in the country to test out a rifle that was for sale; we took Granddad for the ride. We had fired a few shots and offered it to Granddad to Have a try. He couldn t get onto the ground and the rifle to his shoulder quick enough, at nearly 81 years of age. John and Malvina MANSSEN their children and descendants 1- Esma Emma MANSSEN born 05 October 1906 Nelson died 17 May 1987 Hastings married 21 April 1930 Napier Arthur James Leslie SUTTON born 14 September 1900 Picton died 29 September 1979 Hastings 1-1- Gordon Francis SUTTON born 15 December 1930 Hastings died age 73 years 26 November 2004 Hastings and Female BIRKE Female SUTTON and Male MCCARTHY Peter Francis SUTTON born 05 May 1961 Hastings died 06 May 1961 Hastings Female SUTTON Male SUTTON Male SUTTON Female SUTTON and Male BATEMAN 1-2- Lenore Betty SUTTON born 01 August 1934 Hastings died 25 August 1946 Hastings 1-3- Male SUTTON and Female LINES Male SUTTON Male SUTTON 1-4- Female SUTTON (adopted) and Male RULE Female RULE Male RULE Male RULE Male RULE Esma Emma MANSSEN was born 05 October 1906 Nelson ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1906 folio 5133 Nelson district) 1928 Nelson Electoral Roll Esma Emma MANSSEN 67 Tasman Street Nelson spinster Arthur James Leslie SUTTON was born 14 September 1900 Picton. His parents were Kate and Frank SUTTON. ORDER (Reference RGIO NZ birth registration 1900 folio 4217 Picton district) Intention to Marry 15 April 1930 Napier district Esma Emma MANSSEN spinster Domestic age 23 years dwelled Napier 5 months and Arthur James Leslie SUTTON bachelor Labourer age 29 years dwelled Napier 3 weeks intend to marry at St John s Cathedral Napier by Rev Joseph B BROCKLEHURST Dean Church of England. (Reference Archives NZ Wellington Intention to marry 1930 agency BDM series 20 item 190 page 1508 line 51 Napier) Esma Emma MANSSEN married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 21 April 1930 St John s Cathedral Napier Hawkes Bay. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1930 folio) 1931 Hawkes Bay Electoral Roll 7

8 Esma Emma SUTTON 67 Tasman Street Nelson married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON Stanley Street Hastings Labourer 1935, 1938 & 1941 Hawkes Bay Electoral Roll Esma Emma SUTTON 500 Grove Street Nelson married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Labourer (not on 1941 roll) 1943 Hawkes Bay Electoral Roll Esma Emma SUTTON 500 Grove Street Nelson married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Labourer 1946, 1949, 1951, Hastings Bay Electoral Roll Esma Emma SUTTON 500 Grove Street Nelson married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Labourer Gordon Francis SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Driver (1951 roll only) 1957 Hastings Bay Electoral Roll Esma Emma SUTTON 500 Grove Street Nelson married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Labourer Gordon Francis SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Driver 1960 Hastings Bay Electoral Roll Esma Emma SUTTON 500 Grove Street Nelson married Arthur James Leslie SUTTON 500 Grove Street Hastings Labourer Arthur James Leslie SUTTON died 29 September 1979 Hastings SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1979 folio Esma Emma SUTTON formerly MANSSEN died 17 May 1987 Hastings SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1987 folio 2- Rona May MANSSEN born 29 March 1909 Nelson died 02 August 1980 Napier married 05 August 1930 Hastings Alexander Edward BRYAN born 24 May 1903 died 22 January 1988 Napier 2-1- Female BRYAN and Male SPARGO Female SPARGO and Male surname unknown Female SPARGO Female SPARGO Male SPARGO Female SPARGO and Male MILLER Male MILLER Female MILLER Male MILLER Male MILLER Female SPARGO 2-2- Verona Beth Malvina BRYAN born 13 February 1933 Hawkes Bay died 19 July 1974 Hastings and Male MCFAULL Female MCFAULL and Male CAMPBELL Male CAMPBELL Female CAMPBEL Male MCFAULL and Female WHEELER 8

9 Male MCFAULL 2-3- Female BRYAN and Male ROBERTSON Male ROBERTSON and Female MCGREGOR Male ROBERTSON Male ROBERTSON Female ROBERTSON Ian Norman ROBERTSON born 14 May 1959 Napier died 05 August Female ROBERTSON and Male REYNOLDS 2-4- Female BRYAN and Male DANVERS Male DANVERS and Female GODFREY Female DANVERS Male DANVERS Male DANVERS band Female GORELY Male DANVERS Male DANVERS Female DANVERS Male DANVERS and Female PARKER Female DANVERS 2-5- Female BRYAN (twin) and Male LYES Female LYES and Male STEPHENSON Female STEPHENSON Male STEPHENSON Male LYES and Female MARAS Female LYES Female LYES Male LYES 2-6- Female BRYAN (twin) and Male ELLIOT Male ELLIOT Female ELLIOT and Male PRITCHARD Male PRITCHARD Female PRITCHARD Male PRITCHARD 2-7- Rosemary Jennifer BRYAN born 20 October 1944 Napier died 07 November 1944 Napier 2-8- Male BRYAN and Female DORAN Male BRYAN Female BRYAN Rona May MANSSEN was born about 29 March 1909 Nelson NZ ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1909 folio 2499 Nelson district) Alexander Edward BRYAN was born about 24 May 1903 SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1903 folio) 1928 Napier Electoral Roll Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer Korokopi Taradale Napier Intention to Marry 28 July 1930 Napier district Rona May MANSSEN spinster domestic age 21 years dwelled in Napier for 7 months and Alexander Edward BRYAN bachelor Labourer age 27 years dwelled in Napier 3 years intend to marry in St John s Cathedral Napier by Church of England minister Rev J B BROCKLEHURST. (Reference Archives NZ Intention to Marry 1930 agency BDM series 20 item 190 page 1519 line 104 Napier district) 9

10 Rona May MANSSEN married Alexander Edward BRYAN about 1930 SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1930 folio) 1931 Napier Electoral Roll Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer Korokopi Taradale Napier Rona May BRYAN married Main road Taradale Napier 1935 Napier Electoral Roll Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer Korokopi Taradale Napier Rona May BRYAN married White Street Taradale Napier 1938 Napier Electoral Roll Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer Gebbies Road Napier Rona May BRYAN married Gebbies Road Napier 1941 Napier Electoral Roll Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer Munroe Street Napier Rona May BRYAN married Munroe Street Napier 1943 Napier Electoral Roll Rona May BRYAN married Munroe Street Napier Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer 11 Sale Street Napier 1946 & 1949 & 1951 & 1957 & 1960 Napier Electoral Roll Alexander Edward BRYAN Labourer 11 Sale Street Napier Rona May BRYAN married 11 Sale Street Napier Rona May BRYAN formerly MANSSEN died about 02 August 1980 Napier SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1980 folio) Alexander Edward BRYAN died about 22 January 1988 New Zealand SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1988 folio) GIBSON Miscellaneous Information 0-Thomas Lennox GIBSON born 1846 died married 1874 NZ Lizzie WEAVER born 1857 died 0-1- Malvinia Louisa GIBSON born 21 November 1879 Blenheim died 06 October 1949 Hastings married 24 December 1902 Kaitunna Marlborough NZ John Harold MANSSEN (2 issue) 0-2- Elizabeth Grace GIBSON born about 1883 (new BDM ref 1883/11561) died married 1904 (new BDM ref 1904/4327) Lewis FOSTER 0-3- John GIBSON born about 1887 (new BDM ref 1887/6343) 0-4- Albert Richards GIBSON born about 1889 (new BDM ref 1889/13285) died married 1913 (new BDM ref 1913/1762) Kathleen Agnes O LEARY Thomas Lennox GIBSON was born about 1846 Lizzie WEAVER was born about Lizzie s father was William WEAVER. Intention to Marry 09 May 1874 Wairau district Thomas Lennox GIBSON bachelor farmer age 28 years dwelled in Kaituna 14 years and Lizzie WEAVER spinster age 17 years dwelled in Kaituna 8 years intend to marry in the 10

11 house of William WEAVER Kaituna Rev W SHIRRITTS. William WEAVER father gave consent for the minor to marry. (Reference Archives NZ Wellington Intention to marry 1874 agency BDM series 20 item 19 page 411 line 8 Wairau) Thomas Lennox GIBSON married Lizzie WEAVER 1874 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1874 folio 867 new BDM ref 1874/ Wairau district) Thomas and Lizzie had a daughter Malvina Louisa GIBSON who was born on 21 November 1879 at Blenheim. NZ. Her parent s were Lizzie WEAVER and Thomas Lennox GIBSON. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1879 folio 3608) Thomas Lennox GIBSON married Sarah Ann HARWOOD 1881 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1881 folio 2811) I DO NOT KNOW WHOM THIS MARRIAGE RELATES TO. Thomas and Lizzie had a daughter Elizabeth Grace GIBSON born about 1883 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ 1883 folio and new BDM ref 1883/11561) Thomas and Lizzie had a son John GIBSON born about 1887 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ 1887 folio and new BDM ref 1887/6343) Thomas and Lizzie had a son Albert Richards GIBSON born about 1889 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ 1889 folio and new BDM ref 1889/13285) 1893 Waimea Sounds Electoral Roll number 2673 Lizzie GIBSON Kaituna occupation married women Thomas and Lizzie GIBSON died details unknown. Shipping Records Shipping Fifeshire arrived Nelson 1842 John GIBSON married age 37 years Agric Labourer Elizabeth GIBSON married age 31 years wife John GIBSON child age 12 years Agnes GIBSON child age 9 years Giles GIBSON child age 7 years Elizabeth GIBSON child age 5 years Amelia GIBSON child age 2 years Shipping London arrived Nelson 10 April 1842 Captain Joseph GIBSON Shipping Clifford arrives Nelson 11 May 1842 Sandy Robert GIBSON married age 29 years farm labourer Susannah GIBSON wife age 29 years Elizabeth GIBSON child age 4 years 11